K League Classic 2016

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K League Classic 2016
master FC Seoul
Champions League FC Seoul
Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Jeju United
Champions League
qualification		 Ulsan Hyundai
Cup winners Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Relegation ↓ Seongnam FC
Relegated Suwon FC
Teams 12
Games 228
Gates 616  (ø 2.7 per game)
spectator 1,795,013  (ø 7873 per game)
Top scorer Korea SouthSouth Korea Jung Jo-gook
( Gwangju FC )
← K League Classic 2015

The K League Classic 2016 was the 34th season of the highest South Korean football league since it was founded in 1983. The regular season began on March 12, 2016 and ended on October 2, 2016. This was followed by the championship and relegation rounds. The defending champion was Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors .

Participants and their venues

Venues of the K League Classic 2016
K League Classic 2016 venues in Gyeonggi-do
team city Home stadium
Gwangju FC Gwangju Gwangju World Cup Stadium
Incheon United Incheon Incheon football stadium
Jeju United Seogwipo Jeju World Cup Stadium
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Jeonju Jeonju World Cup Stadium
Jeonnam Dragons Gwangyang Gwangyang Football Stadium
Pohang Steelers Pohang Steel Yard Stadium
Sangju Sangmu FC Sangju Sangju Stadium
Seongnam FC Seongnam Tancheon Stadium
FC Seoul Seoul Seoul World Cup Stadium
Suwon FC Suwon Suwon Stadium
Suwon Samsung Bluewings Suwon Suwon World Cup Stadium
Ulsan Hyundai Ulsan Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium

Closing tables

Regular season

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (M) 1  33  18th  15th  0 060:350 +25 60
 2. FC Seoul (P)  33  17th  6th  10 058:430 +15 57
 3. Jeju United  33  14th  7th  12 060:500 +10 49
 4th Ulsan Hyundai  33  13  9  11 038:430  −5 48
 5. Jeonnam Dragons  33  11  10  12 038:400  −2 43
 6th Sangju Sangmu FC (N)  33  12  6th  15th 050:530  −3 42
 7th Seongnam FC  33  11  8th  14th 046:460  ± 0 41
 8th. Pohang Steelers  33  11  8th  14th 037:390  −2 41
 9. Gwangju FC  33  10  11  12 037:400  −3 41
10. Suwon Samsung Bluewings  33  7th  16  10 045:520  −7 37
11. Incheon United  33  8th  11  14th 035:460 −11 35
12. Suwon FC (R)  33  8th  9  16 034:510 −17 33
To the 33rd matchday:
  • Participation in the championship round
  • Participation in the relegation round
    • At the end of the 2015 season:
    (M) Acting champion : Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
    (P) Reigning cup winner : FC Seoul
    (R) Relegation match winner : Suwon FC
    (N) Newcomer from the K League Challenge 2015 : Sangju Sangmu FC
    Remarks:
    1
    		Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors was deducted nine points after an employee was convicted of corruption . He bribed two referees in 2013.

    Championship round

    Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
     1. FC Seoul (P)  38  21st  7th  10 061:460 +15 70
     2. Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (M) 2  38  20th  16  2 071:400 +31 67
     3. Jeju United 2  38  17th  8th  13 071:570 +14 59
     4th Ulsan Hyundai 2  38  14th  12  12 041:470  −6 54
     5. Jeonnam Dragons  38  12  11  15th 044:530  −9 47
     6th Sangju Sangmu FC (N)  38  12  7th  19th 054:650 −11 43
    At the end of the 2016 season:
  • South Korean champion and participation in the AFC Champions League 2017 : FC Seoul
  • Participation in the AFC Champions League 2017: Jeju United
  • Participation in the play-off round of the AFC Champions League 2017: Ulsan Hyundai
    		•
    At the end of the 2015 season:
    (M) Acting champion : Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
    (P) Reigning cup winner : FC Seoul
    Remarks:
    2
    		Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors was deducted nine points after an employee was convicted of corruption . He bribed two referees in 2013. As a result, the club was also excluded from participating in the Champions League in January 2017. Jeju United moved up to the group stage and Ulsan Hyundai took over the place in the play-off round.

    Relegation round

    Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
     7th Suwon Samsung Bluewings  38  10  18th  10 056:590  −3 48
     8th. Gwangju FC  38  11  14th  13 041:450  −4 47
     9. Pohang Steelers  38  12  10  16 043:460  −3 46
    10. Incheon United  38  11  12  15th 043:510  −8 45
    11. Seongnam FC  38  11  10  17th 047:510  −4 43
    12. Suwon FC (R)  38  10  9  19th 040:580 −18 39
    At the end of the 2016 season:
  • Cup winner and participation in the AFC Champions League 2017 : Suwon Samsung Bluewings
  • Participation in the relegation : Seongnam FC
  • Relegation to the K League Challenge 2017 : Suwon FC
    		•
    At the end of the 2015 season:
    (R) Relegation match winner : Suwon FC

    Relegation

    The 5th of the relegation round of the K League Classic 2016 played against the play-off winner of the K League Challenge 2016 in a play-off round with a round trip for relegation . The first leg took place on November 17 and the second leg on November 20, 2016. The winner qualified for the K League Classic 2017 .

    total First leg Return leg
    Gangwon FC (a) 1: 1(a) Seongnam FC 0-0 1: 1

    statistics

    Table history

    The championship round and the relegation round took place from the 34th to the 38th matchday. The table was divided into two halves of six teams each.

    1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23 24 25th 26th 27 28 29 30th 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38
    Gwangju FC 5 3 6th 9 9 7th 7th 9 7th 8th 6th 6th 6th 7th 7th 8th 8th 8th 8th 8th 8th 8th 9 8th 7th 6th 7th 7th 6th 7th 8th 7th 9 7th 7th 7th 8th 8th
    Incheon United 10 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 11 11 11 11 10 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 12 12 12 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 10
    Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 4th 4th 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
    Jeju United 1 6th 9 8th 5 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 3 3 3 4th 3 6th 6th 6th 6th 6th 6th 6th 6th 7th 6th 3 3 4th 4th 4th 3 3 3 3 3 3
    Jeonnam Dragons 7th 8th 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 10 10 10 10 11 11 9 10 9 8th 9 8th 9 9 8th 8th 8th 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
    Pohang Steelers 5 1 5 6th 7th 10 10 8th 5 6th 8th 7th 7th 6th 8th 7th 6th 5 7th 7th 7th 7th 7th 7th 9 8th 8th 9 9 9 10 9 8th 9 9 10 10 9
    Sangju Sangmu FC 2 7th 10 10 10 9 9 6th 6th 5 7th 8th 9 8th 6th 5 7th 7th 5 4th 5 5 3 4th 5 3 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 6th 6th 6th 6th 6th 6th
    Seongnam FC 2 2 1 1 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4th 4th 5 6th 5 4th 4th 5 4th 4th 4th 3 3 4th 5 6th 7th 5 6th 6th 7th 8th 8th 9 9 11
    FC Seoul 9 5 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1
    Suwon FC 7th 9 4th 5 6th 8th 8th 10 10 10 10 10 10 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 11 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
    Suwon Samsung Bluewings 11 10 7th 7th 8th 6th 5 7th 9 7th 9 9 8th 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 10 10 10 10 8th 7th 7th
    Ulsan Hyundai 11 11 8th 4th 4th 5 6th 5 8th 9 5 5 5 5 4th 3 4th 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 4th 5 4th 5 4th 3 3 3 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th

    List of goalscorers

    If the number of hits is the same, the players are sorted alphabetically.

    space player team Gates
    01 Korea SouthSouth Korea Young yo-gook Gwangju FC 20th
    02 BrazilBrazil Adriano FC Seoul 17th
    03 BrazilBrazil Tiago Alves Seongnam FC 13
    MontenegroMontenegro Dejan Damjanović FC Seoul 13
    BrazilBrazil Ricardo Lopes Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 13
    Korea SouthSouth Korea Yang Dong-hyun Pohang Steelers 13
    07th Korea SouthSouth Korea Lee Dong-gook Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 12
    BrazilBrazil Leonardo Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 12
    BrazilBrazil Santos Suwon Samsung Bluewings 12
    10 BrazilBrazil Marcelo Toscano Jeju United 11
    Status: end of the season

    Spectator table

    space team Home games spectator per game
    01. FC Seoul 19th 0.342.134 18.007
    02. Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 19th 0.318.921 16,785
    03. Suwon Samsung Bluewings 19th 0.202.214 10,643
    04th Ulsan Hyundai 19th 0.166.132 08,744
    05. Pohang Steelers 19th 0.145.937 07,681
    06th Seongnam FC 19th 0.127,860 06,729
    07th Incheon United 20th 0.121,068 06,053
    08th. Jeju United 19th 0.108.226 05,696
    09. Suwon FC 19th 0.083,345 04,387
    10. Jeonnam Dragons 19th 0.078.169 04.114
    11. Gwangju FC 19th 0.066,031 03,668
    12. Sangju Sangmu FC 18th 0.035.006 01,945
    total 2280 1,795,013 07,873
    Status: end of the season

    Change of coach

    date team Table position Trainer reason successor
    November 30, 2015 Pohang Steelers Winter break Korea SouthSouth Korea Hwang Sun-hong End of contract Korea SouthSouth Korea Choi Jin-cheul
    December 11, 2015 Sangju Sangmu FC Korea SouthSouth Korea Park hang-seo End of contract Korea SouthSouth Korea Cho Jin-ho
    June 21, 2016 FC Seoul 02. Korea SouthSouth Korea Choi Yong-soo Moved to Jiangsu Suning Korea SouthSouth Korea Hwang Sun-hong
    August 31, 2016 Incheon United 12. Korea SouthSouth Korea Kim Do-hoon Discharge Korea SouthSouth Korea Lee Ki-hyung (interim)
    September 12, 2016 Seongnam FC 07th Korea SouthSouth Korea Kim Hak-bum Discharge Korea SouthSouth Korea Gu Sang-bum (interim)
    September 24, 2016 Pohang Steelers 09. Korea SouthSouth Korea Choi Jin-cheol Discharge Korea SouthSouth Korea Choi Soon-ho
    October 14, 2016 Jeju United 03. Korea SouthSouth Korea Cho Seong-han Discharge Korea SouthSouth Korea Kim In-su
    October 14, 2016 Jeonnam Dragons 05. Korea SouthSouth Korea No Sang-rae Discharge Korea SouthSouth Korea Song Kyeong-seob

    Web links

    Individual evidence

    1. ↑ a b South Korea's league leaders lose 9 points . In: N-TV.de . September 30, 2016. Accessed September 30, 2016.
    2. ^ Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors ineligible for AFC Champions League 2017 . In: The-AFC.com . January 18, 2017. Retrieved January 18, 2017.
    3. ↑ K League Classic 2016: List of goalscorers . In: Soccerway.com . Retrieved November 6, 2016.
    4. ↑ K League Classic 2016: Viewers ( Korean ) In: KLeague.com . Archived from the original on September 8, 2016. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 6, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kleague.com